noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) an open-air grain heap; granary
  2. 2 (classical) surname Yu

Examples

Dīng tóu lín lín, duōyú zài yǔ zhī sù lì.
The nail-heads on the gates outnumber the grains of millet in the open granaries.

Tips

history
is not used on its own in modern Chinese. It meant an open-air heap of grain or a riverside granary in classical texts, and survives mainly as a surname and in old literature such as Du Mu's rhapsody.
register
Literary and historical; encountered in classical prose and in the surname, not in speech.

Components

radical
广 guǎng
building against a cliff; shelter
广 is the lean-to / building radical, marking this as a kind of structure — here a store for grain.
phonetic
moment; a short while
supplies the sound; the reading has shifted from to with a tone change, a common phonetic drift.

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